U.S. regulators are going to get Americans to buy electric vehicles one way or another.
This week the Environmental Protection Agency proposed new car pollution rules that would push most of the current vehicles on the street off of American roads.
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The EPA's new, stricter emissions standards would ensure that between 64% and 67% of all new car sales in the U.S. would be electric vehicles by 2032.
“It’s a pretty big deal," Thomas Boylan, a former EPA official told CNN. "This is really going to set the tone for the rest of the decade and into the 2030s in terms of what this administration is looking for the auto industry to do when it comes to decarbonizing and ultimately electrifying."
In this instance, the EPA is taking its cue from some of the more progressive states in the country.
Last year, California banned the sale of new gasoline-powered cars starting in 2035.
Other states are indeed following California's example. New York, Washington, Massachusetts, Oregon and Vermont are expected to adopt a similar 2035 mandate. Minnesota and Virginia may also follow suit.
Outside of the U.S., the European Union is looking to ban the sale of new diesel and gasoline cars and vans. In October, the European Council and European Parliament came to a provisional agreement on the idea.
